By HENRY BREAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL May 14, 2013 A proposal to name the peak of Las Vegas’ Frenchman Mountain after President Ronald Reagan will receive a second hearing by a state naming board in September. First, though, local officials will get a chance to weigh in on the idea, which conservative activist Chuck Muth ...…
By HENRY BREAN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL May 13, 2013 If Chuck Muth has his way, Las Vegas residents will see the sun rise over Mount Reagan each and every morning in America. The conservative activist is leading a push to have the tallest peak on the valley’s eastern skyline named in honor of the 40th ...…
Our first official hearing before the Nevada Board on Geographic Names on the proposal to establish “Mount Reagan” at the top of Frenchman Mountain on the eastern edge of Las Vegas will be held next Tuesday morning just outside Reno. And I just learned this week that the board has received several letters of opposition, including one ...…
(by Elizabeth Flock) – On what would have been President Ronald Reagan’s 102nd birthday last month, devotees of the Gipper sought to put his memory into stone, by submitting a proposal to the Nevada Board of Geographic Names to rename Frenchman Mountain outside of Las Vegas “Mount Reagan.” “Only 13 presidents have been honored with ...…
In response to yesterday’s BBC article on Mt. Reagan, we received two radio interview requests today: Monocle.com in London and the Sean Moncrief Show in Ireland. Truly, Reagan was a figure of international respect and renown, especially in the Mother Country!…
As you know, President Reagan wasn’t just admired and respected in the United States, but around the world…and especially in England thanks to his close relationship with then-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. As such, BBC News Magazine published a story on our Mt. Reagan Project yesterday. You can read it by clicking here Just one ...…
Presidential peak: Sunrise man wants to name highest point on Frenchman Mountain for Reagan BY F. ANDREW TAYLOR Las Vegas Review-Journal VIEW STAFF WRITER Posted: Mar. 5, 2013 | 12:35 a.m. If Sunrise Manor resident Chuck Muth has his way, soon the entire valley will be able to watch the sun rise over Mount Reagan. ...…
Following our formal submission of our Mt. Reagan request on President Reagan’s birthday last week, I received a number of media requests for interviews – including international requests from the BBC in England, the Dutch daily NRC Handelsblad and ABC-TV in Australia. This is one of the reasons we chose a mountain in the Las ...…
(Molly Ball) – If this activist gets his way, there will be a Mount Reagan in Nevada, possibly as soon as next year. But it hasn’t been easy. Chuck Muth imagines a world where Las Vegas tourists could take a patriotic break from gambling and Cirque du Soleil for a side trip to Mount Reagan. ...…
(Jennifer Harper/Washington Times) – The Nevada Board of Geographic Names already has the paperwork. Determined organizers from the Mount Reagan Project have filed the proper forms asking the state agency to officially dedicate 4,052-foot Frenchman Mountain, located between the Las Vegas valley to the west and the Lake Mead National Recreation area to the east, ...…